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Getting harsher?

I thinking Im getting harsher as life goes by.
Seeing stories of people getting drunk and getting into fights then expecting treatment irks me massively. Is it me or should the nurses and doctors say 'oh you got drunk and got in fight? Then go home anfd sleep it off, what? You might have concussion? Then you should have thought of that before you got drunk and got into a fight.'

An ex-serviceman was barred from selling Poppies in our local shopping centre because he didnt fill in a risk assesment form. Busy body security guards with fake power. He served our country without a risk assesment form. I want to take the guy back to our shopping centre and refuse to move until he has sold his entire stock of poppies. If a security guard comes, he has right, in my eyes, to punch him.

A war memorial on the shore near my house has been complained about. Apparantly its unsafe. Let me fill you in on the compostition of the shore near me. It is reclaimed land. The bomb damaged rubble from WWII is what the land has been reclaimed with. The memorial is made of some of this rubble. My thinking is if the memorial is unsafe, then so is the rest of the shore, with its methane extractors and rubble holes.

I get you on this Baz.. Here in Utah the other day right before Halloween. Some teens were tracked down at there school by police because they had gone to a McDonalds and did a hamburger rap at the window.. People at the window felt violated because there was one cuss word in the rap and they called the police.. The boys were written out citations.. For hell sakes... What a waste of time and energy and money..

im very angry at the way the world has become. so many problems and pple just mostly turn their heads, most have no time for taking up for some cause, most have no cause. but they arent to busy to be out buying more needless crap they see everyone else has. the ones with the most influence, power and money are to busy self promoting to make still more for themselves. sometimes im ashamed to be part of the human race.

Gotta say I agree with ya there baz. The Vet story would piss me off quite a bit. Sometimes it seems like our Vets didn't give their lives, energy, health, etc to keep us here in the States free. They gave all those things so that people would have the right to bitch about things they &quot;perceive&quot; as unfair, rather than the bigger picture.

Good post, but I gotta leave it, otherwise I am surely gonna say something that will offend someone, then I'll be reported.

The social issues do get tiresome--the causes even more perplexing. A lot of these issues could be prevented. Families and children suffer. At the very top there is a lot of selfishness and greed (ex this economic crisis--who got more money, bonuses and feel they deserve it). Most people feel the people should have gotten the oney instead--we could have stimulated the economy. But there is never moeny for those under the &quot;crust&quot; of our society. However, I sometimes think war is even a self destructive tendency for some. I know of a few instances that a person's life and/or job is so damaging that they do join the military and it sounds almost like a suicide pact that they have with themselves.

Totally understand your frustrations, Baz... As a nurse for nearly 30 years, you have no idea how often I have wanted to tell certain patients that the concussions they suffered was due solely to their being a jack ass...BUT... That is not part of being a professional nurse. We just have to be polite, and assess and treat the patients..assholes or not! Talk about frustration...I could write a book on those stories! xx

im classified as a disabled vet, and as far as that topic is concerned, the disabled vet pensions arent near what they should be. but of course we have to spend how many billions on welfare, mind you im all for helping pple, and doing what is right, but welfare was meant as a temporary bridge not a forever kind of thing, sometimes from generation to generation. i dont watch the news either, i cant take it, makes me mad and sad and very frustrated.

as far as the stimulus package,, i think it was plain stupid, give to local governments and agencies big money when they have proven they can not balance a budget without raising taxes on something, while buying all the lastest toys, when what they have still worked fine. but i try not to think about that. doesnt help the depression and anxiety.

as far as social issues, i dont know if you were meaning what i commented on or not, ann jo.. but i feel pple do turn a blind eye to most problems. somebody should do something, but somebody else, thats what i hear from pple. my cause is stray animals, which ive taken in for 25 yrs, and paid for all their food and vet bills along the way. its real important to me. i just wish pple would feel passionate about something, other than what team wins the stupidbowl or some other nonsense. there are no losers in pro sports, its a win win situation no matter what the score.

I miss traveling with my husband. Has anyone found a specific site regarding cruising for widow/widowers or any sightseeing trips. Not interested in being with couples and kids,,,I realize a cruise ship will have a portion size of families and couples, but perhaps they also put together a part of the cruise ship for groups of widows/widowers????

A friend sent this to me..As far as I can see, grief will never truly end.It may become softer overtime, more gentleand some days will feel sharp.But grief will last as long as Love does - ForeverIt's simply the way the absence of your loved onemanifests in your heart. A deep longing accompaniedby the deepest Love some days. The heavy fog mayreturn and the next day, it may recede.Once again, it's...

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